Plasmodium falciparum malaria occurring 8 years after leaving an endemic area.
A 29-year-old patient who was born in Angola developed Plasmodium falciparum malaria 8 years after leaving Africa. She had not returned to a malaria-endemic area, and there were no apparent risks of local or nosocomial acquisition of malaria in Canada. She recovered after treatment with oral quinine sulfate and doxycycline.
Szmitko
Paul E
PE
Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5.
Kohn
Magdie L
ML
Simor
Andrew E
AE
D000328:Adult; D000810:Angola / Q000208:ethnology; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002170:Canada; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence
D000962:Antimalarials; D011803:Quinine; D004318:Doxycycline